Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Uchida

Akiyoshi Uchida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170063167
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer control method for a system including a plurality of power source coils and a plurality of power receivers and simultaneously, wirelessly transfers power from the plurality of power source coils to at least two of the power receivers using one of magnetic field resonance and electric field resonance, wherein the method includes obtaining a single-body power transfer efficiency of the plurality of power source coils to each of the power receivers, and a single-body power requirement required by each of the power receivers; dividing the single-body power requirement by the single-body power transfer efficiency to calculate a single-body transferred power of each of the power receivers; selecting a first power receiver having a maximum single-body transferred power at which the single-body transferred power is maximum; and controlling the plurality of power source coils to maximize a power transfer efficiency to the first power receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20170063168
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer control method for a system including at least one power source and at least two power receivers, wirelessly transfers power from the power source to each of the power receivers using one of magnetic field resonance and electric field resonance, including a simultaneous power transfer mode in which power is simultaneously transferred to the power receivers; and a time-division power transfer mode in which power is sequentially transferred to the power receivers by time-division switching. The wireless power transfer control method includes setting an evaluation index for each of the power receivers; and performing wireless power transfer by switching between the simultaneous power transfer mode and the time-division power transfer mode, on the basis of the evaluation index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9583949
    Abstract: A power receiving apparatus includes a power reception circuit, a first member having a cylindrical shape, a power receiving coil disposed on a cylinder side surface of the first member and connected through wires to the power reception circuit, and a resonance coil configured to be freely movable along the cylinder side surface in a circumferential direction around a cylinder center axis of the first member, wherein the power receiving coil and the resonance coil are coupled to each other through electromagnetic induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kawano, Akiyoshi Uchida, Kazuyuki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9558884
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a cover part attached to one of a power transmitter and an electronic apparatus, the power transmitter including a primary-side coil connected to an alternating-current power supply and a primary-side resonant coil configured to receive power from the primary-side coil by electromagnetic induction, the electronic apparatus including a secondary-side coil; and a secondary-side resonant coil disposed in the cover part, and configured to transmit to the secondary-side coil the power received from the primary-side resonant coil by magnetic field resonance generated between the primary-side resonant coil and the secondary-side resonant coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimokawa, Akiyoshi Uchida, Hiroyasu Kawano, Kiyoto Matsui, Masakazu Taguchi
  • Patent number: 9490665
    Abstract: A power transmission device that adjusts the resonance frequency of a plurality of power transmitters with high precision, is provided. The power transmission device includes a first power transmitter and a second power transmitter that respectively adjust the capacitance such that a resonance frequency is attained, based on a variation degree of a phase difference with respect to a variation of the capacitance when the capacitance of a variable capacitance unit is varied, and the first control unit adjusts the resonance frequency of the first power transmitter in a state where the second power transmitter is off, and the second control unit adjusts the resonance frequency of the second power transmitter in a state where the first power transmitter is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Satoshi Shimokawa
  • Patent number: 9450455
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance power transmitter of a magnetic resonance wireless power transmission system includes a resonance coil, an alternating current power source configured to cause the resonance coil to generate an alternating current, and a frequency changer configured to change, based on communication data, a frequency of the alternating current that the alternating current power source causes the resonance coil to generate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20160266671
    Abstract: The objective is to provide a cover glass having edge surfaces and a through-hole, formed with high external dimensional precision. The cover glass has a unit substrate comprising glass, and a resinforced portion containing a resin material provided on the edge surfaces of the unit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAKAHASHI, Akiyoshi UCHIDA, Shinichi SAKANO, Minoru NAKANISHI, Shinsuke NAKAZAWA, Satoshi EMORI
  • Publication number: 20160226298
    Abstract: A power receiver includes a power receiver coil, a secondary battery, a load resistor, a switch, and a power receiver controller. The power receiver coil is configured to wirelessly receive power from a power source, and the secondary battery is configured to be charged by power from the power receiver coil. The switch is configured to selectively connect the power receiver coil to the secondary battery or the load resistor, and the power receiver controller is configured to control the switch in accordance with a power supply state of the power source based on the power receiver coil, and a charged state of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: SATOSHI SHIMOKAWA, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20160211704
    Abstract: A power transmission device that adjusts the resonance frequency of a plurality of power transmitters with high precision, is provided. The power transmission device includes a first power transmitter and a second power transmitter that respectively adjust the capacitance such that a resonance frequency is attained, based on a variation degree of a phase difference with respect to a variation of the capacitance when the capacitance of a variable capacitance unit is varied, and the first control unit adjusts the resonance frequency of the first power transmitter in a state where the second power transmitter is off, and the second control unit adjusts the resonance frequency of the second power transmitter in a state where the first power transmitter is off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, SATOSHI SHIMOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9369002
    Abstract: In a non-contact charging method, variable information with which a resonance frequency of a resonance circuit of an equipment device having maximum charging power as the power transmitting frequency, and a resonance frequency or a Q value of a resonance circuit of a power receiving unit of an equipment device other than the equipment device having the maximum charging power as a resonance frequency or a Q value for charging depending on each charging power, and transmits to each equipment device variable information corresponding to each equipment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9362985
    Abstract: A portable apparatus includes a case, a coil situated inside the case, a circuit disposed inside the case to receive power based on a first frequency via the coil and to perform communication based on a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and a magnetic shield having a first portion and a second portion stacked one over another in a direction perpendicular to the coil between the coil and an inside of the case, the second portion being closer to the coil than the first portion, wherein permeability of the first portion is higher than permeability of the second portion situated toward the coil with respect to the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Masakazu Taguchi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Kiyoto Matsui, Hiroyasu Kawano
  • Patent number: 9350196
    Abstract: A non-contact charging apparatus configured to, vary the inductance and the capacitance of the matching unit for matching the impedance of the power supply system that supplies alternate current power and the impedance of the power transmitting/receiving system including a power transmitting unit and a power receiving apparatus according to the variable information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Masakazu Taguchi, Kiyoto Matsui, Hiroyasu Kawano, Satoshi Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20160049698
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes: a battery body including a cylindrical outer peripheral side surface; and a power receiving coil wound in at most a single layer around the outer peripheral side surface, and electrically connected to the battery body. The power receiving coil is helically wound around the outer peripheral side surface while forming a space from which the outer peripheral side surface is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyasu KAWANO, Akiyoshi UCHIDA, Satoshi SHIMOKAWA, Kiyoto MATSUI, Kazuyuki OZAKI, Masakazu TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160013666
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system including a plurality of power supply coils, and wirelessly performing power transfer from the power supply coils to a power receiver, includes an entire controller. The entire controller is configured to control the power transfer performed by wirelessly transmitting and receiving powers of the power supply coils and the power receiver, in accordance with confirming power transfer ranges of the plurality of power supply coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150333537
    Abstract: A power source, including a first power supply coil and a second power supply coil which are mutually affecting, includes a first power supply, a second power supply, and a power transfer control unit. The first power supply is configured to drive the first power supply coil, and the second power supply is configured to drive the second power supply coil. The power transfer control unit is configured to control one of a phase difference and an intensity ratio between an output signal of the first power supply coil and an output signal of the second power supply coil in accordance with impedance information of the first power supply and the second power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150318900
    Abstract: A power receiver includes a resonance coil, an oscillation unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The resonance coil is configured to wirelessly receive power from a power source using magnetic field resonance or electric field resonance, the oscillation unit is configured to output a voltage which oscillates at a predetermined frequency, and the communication unit is configured to communicate with the power source. The control unit is configured to receive an output from the communication unit, and adjust a resonance frequency of the resonance coil using an output voltage from the oscillation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: SATOSHI SHIMOKAWA, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150280791
    Abstract: A power receiving device that receives power from a power supply device, according to a predetermined wireless power supply scheme for transmitting a control signal through wireless communication, includes a communication circuitry for a terminal, configured to perform communication with a terminal including a power supply to which power received by the power receiving device is supplied, a reception circuitry configured to receive a predetermined control signal from the power supply device, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to perform power control and a setting of an operation mode of the terminal, based on the predetermined control signal, through the communication circuitry for a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihiro AZAMI, Akiyoshi UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 9130386
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes a housing configured to have a feeding surface on which a power receiving device is to be placed; a power transmitting coil disposed inside the housing and configured to have a central axis that intersects with the feeding surface; and an alternating-current power supply configured to supply power to the power transmitting coil, wherein the feeding surface has raised and recessed portions in an area corresponding to a region inside an outer region of the power transmitting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kawano, Kiyoto Matsui, Masakazu Taguchi, Satoshi Shimokawa, Akiyoshi Uchida
  • Publication number: 20150091379
    Abstract: A wireless power supply system includes: a wireless power transmitting device configured to include a variable resonant circuit having a variable-controllable resonant frequency characteristic, and to transmit electric power wirelessly via the variable resonant circuit; a power transmission control unit configured to variably control the resonant frequency characteristic of the variable resonant circuit; and a plurality of wireless power receiving devices configured to include respective unique resonant circuits having respective unique resonant frequency characteristics which are different to each other, and to wirelessly receive power from the wireless power transmitting device by a magnetic field resonance mode arising as a result of the unique resonant circuit tuning to a resonant frequency of the variable resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akiyoshi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150028673
    Abstract: A power transmission device has: a power transmission unit configured to perform wireless power transmission; a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication within a range wider than a power transmission possible range of the power transmission unit; and a power transmission control circuit configured to control power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit, wherein the power transmission control circuit controls the power of wireless power transmission of the power transmission unit according to a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal to or more than a threshold when the power transmission unit performs power transmission by first power, and a number of power reception devices for which the communication unit received a response indicating that power reception is performed from power reception devices receiving power equal to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchida, Seiichi KAMON, Kiyotaka TANAKA, Masunari TAMESUE